Training + Certifications
Staying up to date with coursework assures I offer state of the art BodyMind Spirit Healthcare. Except. I'm really just following my own medicine. Which is what Elders do.
Of more than 70 BodyTalk Trainings attended, I took over 40 with BodyTalk founder Dr. John Veltheim, six of those in person. I maintained my status as a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner from April 2008 to April 2024. Since the founder's death in November of 2022 the system has lost it's cutting edge of innovation, Though still effective, there's simply less reason to maintain membership. .
Until the pandemic and the exciting opportunity to take classes from a wider variety of instructors via Zoom, most of my Ortho-Bionomy® coursework had been completed with first-generation instructors who studied with the founder, Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls (deceased). I studied Craniosacral Fascial Therapy with its founder, Dr. Barry Gillespie, and trained in life coaching with the founder of the coaching process, Thomas Leonard.
Of more than 70 BodyTalk Trainings attended, I took over 40 with BodyTalk founder Dr. John Veltheim, six of those in person. I maintained my status as a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner from April 2008 to April 2024. Since the founder's death in November of 2022 the system has lost it's cutting edge of innovation, Though still effective, there's simply less reason to maintain membership. .
Until the pandemic and the exciting opportunity to take classes from a wider variety of instructors via Zoom, most of my Ortho-Bionomy® coursework had been completed with first-generation instructors who studied with the founder, Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls (deceased). I studied Craniosacral Fascial Therapy with its founder, Dr. Barry Gillespie, and trained in life coaching with the founder of the coaching process, Thomas Leonard.
Here are a few specific trainings/activities:
2025
2024
2025
- More Ortho-Bionomy® refreshers and tune ups with Jessica Marks
- Ancestorial and Family Expression. Draws on BodyTalk. Todd and Angela Atkins.
2024
- Ortho-Bionomy®
- Intro to Visceral -- Heart, Lungs, and Kidneys. Jessica Marks
- Your Life Force Antenna: The Amazing Spine.. Draws on BodyTalk. Todd and Angela Atkins.
- Madrona training and initiation (draws on Druid tradition). Jo Flagg.
- This has been a year of letting go: I let go my training with Kay Whitaker of Ka Ta See path. I let go my 12 year Practitioner-level membership with the BodyTalk association. Not feeling very masterful, I am letting go of my Master Gardener designation.
- PaRaMa Practical. Ben Manalo, Advanced Senior BodyTalk Instructor
- Ortho-Bionomy®
- Annual Conference (Zoom attendance)
- Ortho-Bionomy®
- Chapman's Reflexes, Richard Valasek (in person) & Sara Sunstein (at a distance)k
- Cranial and CNS Anatomy, Ursula Hofer
- NICABM’s Treating Trauma Master Series
- Neurovascular Release™ for the Lower Back
- Wisdom of Trauma Summit with Gabor Maté
- Neurovascular Release™ for the Lower Legs
- Ortho-Bionomy®
- April Conference, attended via Zoom
- Chapman's Neurolymphatic Points for Sciatica and the Colon, Ann Hoefel (amazingly effective)
- Phase 4: Extremities with Jessica Mark (Releases for the legs; knees; pelvis; feet + shoulders, arms, hands)
- PaRama, Dr, John Veltheim (BodyTalk founder): 6 sessions including advanced brain work. Each session includes an question and answer interactive the following month. I completed this coursework in August.
- Inside and Outside Threat: Dr. Janina Fisher, 5 week course on trauma and resiliency, July
- Ortho-Bionomy® lessons in self-care: Jessica Mark
- Anxiety + Vagus Nerve Attunement
- Strengthening Our Immune System: working with the Spleen, Thymus + Kidneys
- Self-care for the Eyes, Neck + Jaw
- Expanding the Exhale: Breath in Relationship to the Diaghragm + Lungs
- Working with the Feet
- Self-care for the Low Back + Pelvis
- Embodying the Endocrine System
- Community Resilience Model Skills Training for Health Care Practitioners. Trauma Resource Institute
- Advanced Epigenetics with a focus on building immune resiliency. Dr. Laura Stuve
- Red Door Healing, Kay Cordell Whitaker, ongoing
2019
- Red Door Healing, Kay Cordell Whitaker, ongoing
- San Baio Study Group, Nancy Werner, MD; Janet Gallipo
- Healing with Spiritual Light, Sandra Ingraman
- Red Door Healing, Kay Cordell Whitaker, ongoing
- Wild Wisdom Hoh Retreat, Llyn Cedar Roberts
- EpiCancers (Epigenetics: Aging & Cancer), Dr. Laura Stuve
- Orthobionomy®, Phase 5, Jim Berns, Lynne Marotta
- BodyTalk Fundamentals, 2, Kathy Mangan
Getting a Session with Dr. Laura Stuve
2018
Evolve Epigenetics, Dr. Laura Stuve
Women's Medicine, Kay Cordell Whitaker
Year of Ceremony, Sounds True, Various Instructors
Evolve Epigenetics, Dr. Laura Stuve
Women's Medicine, Kay Cordell Whitaker
Year of Ceremony, Sounds True, Various Instructors
Me with BodyTalk Founder,
Dr. John Veltheim,
April 2016
2017
Empath's Survival Guide Online Course, Dr. Judith Orloff
Eastern Medicine, Dr. John Veltheim
Advanced Extremities, (Ortho-Bionomy®) Lynne Marotta
BodyTalk for Plants, Dr. John Veltheim
BodyTalk Conference, Various Presenters
Ortho-Bionomy® Study Group: Self Care
BodyEcology Master Group, Dr. Laura Stuve
Ongoing: Secret Codes of Healing (Red Door Radionics), Kay Cordell Whitaker
Empath's Survival Guide Online Course, Dr. Judith Orloff
Eastern Medicine, Dr. John Veltheim
Advanced Extremities, (Ortho-Bionomy®) Lynne Marotta
BodyTalk for Plants, Dr. John Veltheim
BodyTalk Conference, Various Presenters
Ortho-Bionomy® Study Group: Self Care
BodyEcology Master Group, Dr. Laura Stuve
Ongoing: Secret Codes of Healing (Red Door Radionics), Kay Cordell Whitaker
Energetics Class with Dr. John Veltheim, South Dakota
2016
Exploration of Movement (Ortho-Bionomy®) , Lynne Marotta
Bio-Dynamics, Dr. Kerry D'Ambrogio
Energetics, Dr. John Veltheim
Ortho-Bionomy® Study Group: The Cervical Spine
Ongoing: Secret Codes of Healing (Red Door Radionics), Kay Cordell Whitaker
Exploration of Movement (Ortho-Bionomy®) , Lynne Marotta
Bio-Dynamics, Dr. Kerry D'Ambrogio
Energetics, Dr. John Veltheim
Ortho-Bionomy® Study Group: The Cervical Spine
Ongoing: Secret Codes of Healing (Red Door Radionics), Kay Cordell Whitaker
2015
- Principles of Consciousness, Mary Shields
- Cranials, Richard Valasek (Advanced Instructor in Ortho-Bionomy®)
- Practitioner Presence and Energetics, Dr. John Veltheim (BodyTalk Founder)
- Human BodyEcology, Dr. John Veltheim and Dr. Laura Stuve
- Lymphatic Drainage, Dr. Tracey Clark D.O. (MP)
- Macrocosmic Mind, Dr. Laura Stuve
- Practitioner Ethics & Strain/Counter Strain for the Pelvis, (Ortho-Bionomy®)
2014
- San Biao, Three Treasurers, Acupressure
- Associate Member, Ortho-Bionomy®
- Ortho-Bionomy®, Phase 6 & 7 (Energy Work
- BodyTalk for Plants, Dr. John Veltheim (Founder of BodyTalk)
- Ortho-Bionomy®, Posture and post techniques for self-care and addressing scoliosis
- PaRama 2 Practical, Dr. John Veltheim (Founder of BodyTalk)
- BodyEcology: The Human Microbiome, Dr. John Veltheim (Founder of BodyTalk) and Dr. Laura Stuve
- Structural Integration Concepts for BodyTalk, Lynn Teachworth
Me with BodyTalk Structural Integration class founder, Lynn Teachworth
2013
Certified Integrative Reflexologist
Surgical Trauma & Scar Tissue Release from Ortho-Bionomy®
Circle of Trust Leadership Retreat
2012
Understanding Human Performance, BodyTalk for High Performance
Montana Licensed Massage Therapist
Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Training
Certified Integrative Reflexologist
Surgical Trauma & Scar Tissue Release from Ortho-Bionomy®
Circle of Trust Leadership Retreat
2012
Understanding Human Performance, BodyTalk for High Performance
Montana Licensed Massage Therapist
Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Training
 Receiving a session from BodyTalk founder, Dr. John Veltheim
2011
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-Other Trainings and Certifications-
- 2007: Certified Ka Ta See Traditional Healing Practitioner
- 2003: Graduate Coach U, LifeCoach
- 1982 to present: Special needs parenting and advocacy
- 1980 to present: Business building frm the ground up
- 1976: UC Santa Cruz, double honors in Environmental & Community Studies, with a focus in Native American Studies
Before that?
Living life. Finding my way. Still doing that.
Living life. Finding my way. Still doing that.